Hat-fastener.



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HAT FASTBNBR.

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' UNITED STATES Patented September 15, 1903. I

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH CHEVALIER SHULTZ AND EUGENE DANIEL SHULTZ, OF BATAVIA, NEW YORK.

vHAT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersBatent No. 738,949, dated September15, 1903. Application iiled August 11,1902. Serial No. 119.282. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom. it' may concern..-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH CHEVALIER SHULTZ and EUGENE DANIELSH'ULTZ,citzens l of the United States, residing at Batavia, in

the county of Genesee and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners; andwe do declare the following to be a full,clear,and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enxo able others skilled in the art to whichit appertains io make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the let-ters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specificax 5 tion.

Our invention relates to hat-fasteners; and it has for its object toform a hat-fastener comprising a flat spiral hook or base to engage withthe hair of the head and a stem or zo shank by which the device may besecured to the hat, the shank and spiral being made in one piece and thecentral portion of the spiral from which the shank extends being formedin a novel manner, so as to impart z5 strength and rigidityvat thecenter of' the coil and base of the shank and whereby the hair ispreventedfrom becoming entwined around the shank; and it has furthermorefor its object to provide a flexible and preferably absorbent shield forincasing the spiral, which will be compressed to a, greater or lessextent when the spiral is turned to engage with the hair, and thusafford a firm and at the same time yielding bearing for the hair to bedrawn or pressed against in turning the spiral, so that thehat will beheld more rinly in place on the head, and when made of absorbentmaterial the shield will absorb moisture that may form on or attachrtothe spiral, and thus 4o prevent oxidation of the spiral.

f To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as mayhereinafter appear, theinvention consists in the construction and in thecombination of parts herein- 45 after particularly described and thensought to be clearly defined by the claims, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure 1 isa perspective of o ur device with 5o the binding-nut and jam-nutseparated from the shank of the spiral; Fig. 2, a vertical cross-sectionthrough the fastener, showing the manner of attaching it to a hat. Fig.3 is a face view of the spiral with the shield in Vertical section, andFig. 4 is a View looking at the front of the fasteucrwith the bindingnutand jam-nut omitted.

In the drawings the numeral l designates a fiat spiral or coil, theconvolutions of which lie in substantially the same plane, so that whenthe free end 2 of the spiral engages the hair and the spiral is turnedthe hair will be drawn in a direction substantially in the same planewith the coils of the flat spiral. The shank 3 and the flat spiral aremadefrom a single piece of suitable wire, and for the purpose ofimparting rigidity and firmness to the center of the spiral and to aorda rigid base for the shank 3 we deiiect or bend the Wire at the base ofthe shank 3 atright angles to the length of the shank, as shown at a.,and then bend the wire backwardly in a circle concentric to the shank,as shown at b, bringing the wire against the right angle bend a, asshown, and then bend the wire in .a reverse direction, forming a loop cnext to the bend a and continuing the wire in concentric convolutions,so as to form the spiral,

as illustrated clearlyin Fig. 3 of the drawings.

This will afford or make a sti and rigid center to the spiral and baseto the shank and will also prevent the hair from entwining around theshank, because in the turning of the spiral the hair cannot pass nearerto the shankrthan the base of the loop c, and consequently the hair willbe prevented from passing between the' part a and the loop c and fromentwining around the shank, and thus it is impossible for the hair tobecome entwined around the shank or caught and held at any point, which,if permitted, would interfere with the release of the fastener whennecessary. The outer portion of the shank 3 is screw-threaded, asillustrated, so as to receive a binding nut or knob 4., which may be ofany desired configuration, and the shank also receives a jam-nut 5, sothat the fastener may be secured to the hat-body and yet be free torotatein fastening and unfastening the hat to the head.

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For the purpose of insuring the hat being held irmly on the head weprovide the flat spiral 1 with a flexible shield or casing 6, made ofchamois, cloth, or other exible material. By providing the spiral withsuch a shield when the spiral is turned for the purpose of engaging andentwining therewith the hair of the head the pressure or drawing actionof the spiral on the strands of hair will compress or contract to agreater or less extent the flexible shield, and thus the shield will becaused to alford a rm and yet yielding bearing toward and against whichthe hair will be drawn. This will cause the hat to be held more firmlyon the head than would be the case it the thickness of the hair alonewere depended upon to aiord a bearing for the spiral. It is preferred toemploy for this flexible shield some suitable material possessingabsorbent qualities to a greater or less extent, so that the shield willtake up any moisture that might otherwise form on or adhere to thespiral and cause oxidation to a greater or less extent. In actualpractice the free end of the spiral will be bent outwardly anddownwardly about one-half inch, more or less, so that the free end maygrasp quite a lock ot the hair, which by one turn of the spiral will bedrawn into the spiral and tightly compressed in the narrow space betweenthe coils.

`vVc have described with particularity the details of construction asWell as the function of the several parts of our hat-fastener; but it isobvious that changes can be made in the same and essential features ofour invention be retained.

Having described our invention land set forth its merits, what we claimis- 1. A hat-fastener consisting of a shank and 4o a flat spiral at thebase thereof, the material of which the shank and spiral are formedbeing bent at right angles to the length of the shank, and then bentconcentrically to the shank and then bent in a reverse direction to forma loop whose fold is next to the rightangle bend, the material thenbeing continued to form concentric coils, substantially as described.

2. A hat-fastener comprising a flat spiral and a shank, the materialforming the two being bent at right angles to the shank and thenconcentrically to the shank and then bent re- Versely to form a loopnext to the right-ang1e bend and then continued in concentric coils,

a threaded binding-nut applied to the shank,

and a jam-nut between said nut and the spiral, substantially asdescribed.

3. A hat-fastener consisting of a spiral hava shank extending therefrom,and a flexible shield or casing applied to the spiral, substantially asdescribed.

4. A hat-fastener consisting of a spiral having a shank extendingtherefrom and an absorbent shield applied to the spiral, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof We alix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH CHEVALIER SHULTZ. EUGENE DANIEL SHUI/FZ.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. HAITZ,

WILLIAM D. BoUoHERn.

